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08-10-2012 08:41 AM | USA

Drought forces ranchers to sell cattle early, at a loss

For every pound the drought stole from Tim Kiefer’s calves this summer, the rancher lost nearly $2. At 185 pounds lost per animal, it didn’t take long for the losses to add up.

“It’s really dry,” Kiefer said recently. “The ranch I have north of Forsyth, since the first of April, has had just two inches of rain.”
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